Question

Are factitious disorder, malingering, and somatic symptom disorder "legitimate" psychological disorders?

what are reactions to each type of disorder?

Do you think they are "legitimate" psychological disorder?

Answer 1

Factitious disorder qualifies for legitimate psychological disorders as the person keeps on feeling the symptoms and signs of the illness they don't have. Here the patient deliberately acts like they are suffering from some illness. Here the affected individual sees himself as a patient. People mostly react to this as the person is looking for sympathy or some sort of attention and it is generally considered as a psychological disorder.

Malingering generally is not considered as a psychological disorder as the person who is showing the signs of malingering is doing it for personal benefits. Malingering is most of the times done in order to escape from a situation or avoid any event that is of no interest. People see it as escape root by a person trying to avoid a situation.

Somatic symptom disorder makes a person react to basic physical symptoms highly and stressfully. This can be seen as a psychological condition as the person unknowingly stresses out due to some basic symptoms. People usually react to this as a medical condition.